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minus-squareChewy@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·2 years agoIt seems multiple Linux distributions are considering to update their x86-64 baseline architecture. This could improve performance, at the cost of hardware compatibility. https://discourse.nixos.org/t/pre-rfc-gradual-transition-of-nixos-x86-64-baseline-to-x86-64-v3-with-an-intermediate-step-to-x86-64-v2/
minus-squareuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 years agoGentoo with -march=native -mtune=native on x86(-64) or -mcpu=native everywhere else
minus-squareferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoDoesn’t march=native imply mtune=native ?
minus-squareuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoNo. march is avaliable instructions and mtune is timings. mcpu does, but it is not used on x86 for some reason
minus-squareferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agomarch=native does imply mtune=native, at least on gcc
It seems multiple Linux distributions are considering to update their x86-64 baseline architecture. This could improve performance, at the cost of hardware compatibility.
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/pre-rfc-gradual-transition-of-nixos-x86-64-baseline-to-x86-64-v3-with-an-intermediate-step-to-x86-64-v2/
Gentoo with
-march=native -mtune=nativeon x86(-64) or-mcpu=nativeeverywhere elseDoesn’t march=native imply mtune=native ?
No. march is avaliable instructions and mtune is timings. mcpu does, but it is not used on x86 for some reason
march=native does imply mtune=native, at least on gcc